IRONDALE, Alabama -- Irondale officials are looking for ways to extend residential recycling a citywide program without eliminating the two-day-a-week garbage collection many residents are acustomed to.

Council Member Craig Sanderson this week said Irondale two years ago launched a pilot recycling program, mainly around City Hall and in the Holiday Gardens neighborhood.

"We'd like to make it citywide," Sanderson said.

However, about half of the homes in the city have twice-weekly garbage collection, so a committee is trying to find ways to incorporate recycling service and keep the two-day garbage service.

"We're trying to come up with something everyone would be happy with," Sanderson said.

Sanderson said he hopes to have a recommendation for the council by the end of March and an expanded recycling service up and running by May 1.